See also: costa and costà

Irish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle English coste and Anglo-Norman coste, from Latin costa (edge).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cósta m (genitive singular cósta, nominative plural cóstaí)

  1. coast
    Tháinig cabhlach na banríona ar chóstaí na hÉireann.
    The queen's navy arrived at the Irish coasts.
    cósta garbh sna Rosa.
    The coast of the Rosses is rough (lit. There is a rough coast in the Rosses).
  2. outermost fringe
    cóstaí na cruinnethe outermost fringes of the world

Declension

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Declension of cósta (fourth declension)
bare forms
case singular plural
nominative cósta cóstaí
vocative a chósta a chóstaí
genitive cósta cóstaí
dative cósta cóstaí
forms with the definite article
case singular plural
nominative an cósta na cóstaí
genitive an chósta na gcóstaí
dative leis an gcósta
don chósta
leis na cóstaí

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Mutated forms of cósta
radical lenition eclipsis
cósta chósta gcósta

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

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Romagnol

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Late Latin costŭla (rib).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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cósta f (plural cóst)

  1. rib